guilty

Meanings

Plural: guilties

Adjective

• responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
  • "guilty of murder"
  • "the guilty person"
  • "secret guilty deeds"

Adjective Satellite

• showing a sense of guilt; ; - Eric Linklater
  • "a guilty look"

Adj

• Responsible for a dishonest act.
• Judged to have committed a crime.
• Having a sense of guilt.
• Blameworthy.

Noun

• A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
• A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
• One who is declared guilty of a crime.

Synonyms

culpable, hangdog, shamed, shamefaced, shildy

Antonyms

innocent, not guilty

Related Words

unguilty

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